NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) -- A 30-year-old Pakistani man pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaida, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Syed Hashmi, who also went by the alias Fahad, pleaded guilty to providing equipment to al-Qaida intermediaries in South Waziristan, Pakistan. The U.S. Justice Department said Hashmi provided the material knowing it would be used by al-Qaida against U.S. force in Afghanistan.
The 30-year-old former Brooklyn College student pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy with al-Qaida, which carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence.
Under a plea agreement reached Tuesday, prosecutors said the government agreed to allow Hashmi, a Pakistani who became a U.S. citizen, to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaida and dropped three other charges.
Prosecutors said the material support in question was military gear.
Hashmi was arrested in 2006 at London's Heathrow Airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Pakistan. He became the first individual extradited to the United States from Great Britain on terrorism charges, the U.S. Justice Department said.
"(H)e will now face justice for giving aid to terrorists he knew full-well were dedicated to harming Americans," said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Sentencing is scheduled June 7.
